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of the deficit. that is a state located on top of our dead. but it is worth reminding ourselves why we are having to do this in the first place. who was it who wrapped up the dead? who was it who racke rack up the deficit? who was it that gave us the biggest deficit of any country, virtually anywhere in the world? it was, it was the government which he su
of the deficit. that is a state located on top of our dead. but it is worth reminding ourselves why we are having to do this in the first place. who was it who wrapped up the dead? who was it who racke rack up the deficit? who was it that gave us the biggest deficit of any country, virtually anywhere in the world? it was, it was the government which he su
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republicans and democrats have worked together to reduce our deficit by $2.5 trillion. that is a good start, but to get the rest of the way, we need a balanced set of reforms. for example, we need to lower the cost of health care like programs like medicare. we cannot pass the burden. these reforms must go hand-in- hand with eliminating excess spending in our tax code so that the wealthiest cannot take advantage of loopholes and reductions that are not available to most americans. 2012 can be a year of solid growth and more jobs and higher wages. -- 2013 can be a year of solid growth and more jobs and higher wages. everyone in washington needs to focus on what is right for the country, on what is right for you and your families. that is how we will get our economy moving faster. it will strengthen our middle class. we will build a country that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. thank you. have a great weekend. >> hello. my name is susan brooks. it is a pleasure to speak to you from my home state on indiana. my husband and i have raised two ch
republicans and democrats have worked together to reduce our deficit by $2.5 trillion. that is a good start, but to get the rest of the way, we need a balanced set of reforms. for example, we need to lower the cost of health care like programs like medicare. we cannot pass the burden. these reforms must go hand-in- hand with eliminating excess spending in our tax code so that the wealthiest cannot take advantage of loopholes and reductions that are not available to most americans. 2012 can be a...
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have to get on top of the deficit. that is stage one of getting on top of our debt but it is worth reminding ourselves why we're having to do this in the first place. who was it who racked up the debt? who was it that racked up the deficit? who was it that gave us the biggest deficit of any country virtually anywhere in the world? it was the government which he supported. >> if the prime minister agrees that the shortage of engineering skills is one of the greatest avoidable threats to our prosperity and security and that the participation of women in engineering is scandalously low, will he encourage his colleagues to look favorably on the provisions of my bill to ask the young people to seek technology and engineering to take up their careers. >> i will say that in the data released today, one of the encouraging signs is the number of people studying engineering and computer science has gone up quite radically frankly to raise the status of engineering, encourage engineering, are having any effect. >> the government
have to get on top of the deficit. that is stage one of getting on top of our debt but it is worth reminding ourselves why we're having to do this in the first place. who was it who racked up the debt? who was it that racked up the deficit? who was it that gave us the biggest deficit of any country virtually anywhere in the world? it was the government which he supported. >> if the prime minister agrees that the shortage of engineering skills is one of the greatest avoidable threats to...
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. >> guns, immigration, federal debt/deficit, which of those three issues will be paramount in that senate campaign? >> unless the economy improves, it will be the economy. if it is beyond the economy, i think health care might be an issue. whatever democrat runs probably voted for it. whatever republican runs did not vote for it. i do not think guns will be a big issue unless there is a lot of administrative action taken by this president that is going to turn gun owners off. then the president could raise it to a big campaign issue. i do not think any action by congress will raise it to a big campaign issue. >> i wanted to ask the questions about immigration reform. a group of eight senators are trying to draft legislation and take the lead on this issue. were you asked to be in the group? >> i was not. i suppose i could have volunteered. as ranking member, particularly being ranking member of the judiciary committee, it is more ideologically divided. i think i have to be a person that is an honest broker. i am going to look at it from the standpoint of my participating in the 1986 act a
. >> guns, immigration, federal debt/deficit, which of those three issues will be paramount in that senate campaign? >> unless the economy improves, it will be the economy. if it is beyond the economy, i think health care might be an issue. whatever democrat runs probably voted for it. whatever republican runs did not vote for it. i do not think guns will be a big issue unless there is a lot of administrative action taken by this president that is going to turn gun owners off. then...
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as pat was saying. $25 billion a week in terms of deficit spending trying to boost up the economy. secondly, $85 billion a month, coming out of the federal reserve, the loosest monetary policy we have ever had. we can barely get the economy to grow. it was 2.4% last year, then 1.8%, if that, maybe even less this year. despite all the stimulus. so the economy is continuing slow, it is not even staying flat. >> so you are saying we are in for several quarters of low growth? >> we hope it is going to be several quarters of low growth. anything can happen in an economy this fragile that can turn it into a recession i don't that would be a double dip recession. >> that's right. it would be. >> is that your prediction? >> no i don't know. >> i know you don't know. where do you think the odds are? >> i think the economy is going to stay very weak and any single event the collapse of the spanish banking system or what have you, any single event will create such a lack of confidence in the economy you'll have a big cut back. >> in what the federal review is saying in view of 2011, should i
as pat was saying. $25 billion a week in terms of deficit spending trying to boost up the economy. secondly, $85 billion a month, coming out of the federal reserve, the loosest monetary policy we have ever had. we can barely get the economy to grow. it was 2.4% last year, then 1.8%, if that, maybe even less this year. despite all the stimulus. so the economy is continuing slow, it is not even staying flat. >> so you are saying we are in for several quarters of low growth? >> we hope...
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already in 2012, the budget has a deficit of 16 billion euros. we have to sacrifice and penalize thousands of students. what's the meaning of this? what's the point of this that members states, heads of state are just going to run a deficit? we are not going to go along with his, mr. president. there are rules and we will make sure they are respected, starting with article iii 10 which calls for a balanced budget. do i really have to remind you that this deficit system led to member states to the situation which we find ourselves today? it's a standing that member states are opposing something on the one hand, they are asking to strengthen our economic governance with a sixpack and with a sixpack and a two pack, and they're asking us to stop running deficits. but they want us to learn these bad habits all over again. we've got 960 billion commitments, and the same amount of payment. any direction of a company will tell you that's economic suicide, and it is too simple, mr. president, and you shouldn't hide behind david cameron. you are faced with
already in 2012, the budget has a deficit of 16 billion euros. we have to sacrifice and penalize thousands of students. what's the meaning of this? what's the point of this that members states, heads of state are just going to run a deficit? we are not going to go along with his, mr. president. there are rules and we will make sure they are respected, starting with article iii 10 which calls for a balanced budget. do i really have to remind you that this deficit system led to member states to...
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tell that to your kids and grandchildren. >> i am a boring deficit hawk, i say the same thing over and over again. paul krugman has convinced a lot of my liberal friends that it is okay to kick the can down the road. >> he actually used those words. >> terrible idea. it? all sorts of disasters. sudden interest -- it courts all sorts of disasters. it takes a long time to fix these problems. sequestration is a very crude, ugly tool, but if it actually has the effect of making people get serious about entitlement reform and tax reform, it would not be so bad. >> colby, what do you think? >> going back to charles' column, he said this the first time since the election the president obama has been put on defense. i don't think that is true. i agree with mark, the republicans will bear the brunt of this initially, because they will appear to be the obstructionists. looking at it in sheer political terms is the wrong way to look at this. this would have merkel implications if the economy tanks as a result of this -- global implications if the economy tanks as a result of this. >> you think th
tell that to your kids and grandchildren. >> i am a boring deficit hawk, i say the same thing over and over again. paul krugman has convinced a lot of my liberal friends that it is okay to kick the can down the road. >> he actually used those words. >> terrible idea. it? all sorts of disasters. sudden interest -- it courts all sorts of disasters. it takes a long time to fix these problems. sequestration is a very crude, ugly tool, but if it actually has the effect of making...
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so-called three percent treaty force in france to reduce its budget deficit down from four point five percent by hiking taxes and cutting spending. but while harsh criticism expected from the opposition disapprovals also been growing from like minded left wingers or complains when i think the president especially of a country like france one of six e.u. founders should be strong enough to say stop to others and say hey i have my nation behind me and they elected me to make changes instead he surrendered because he's more worried about the country's debt and the ratings agencies make. in a short video french communists put together some of our lawns major presidential campaign bows none of which they say came true. look what that's. the value added tax increase. i think it's inappropriate and unjustified and unreasonable and too hasty. what happened to well that's to remind the present with you remember you promised to review the european treaty you didn't do that here in germany set a three percent deficit isn't real but now only say it's possible etc etc you can't not do what you pro
so-called three percent treaty force in france to reduce its budget deficit down from four point five percent by hiking taxes and cutting spending. but while harsh criticism expected from the opposition disapprovals also been growing from like minded left wingers or complains when i think the president especially of a country like france one of six e.u. founders should be strong enough to say stop to others and say hey i have my nation behind me and they elected me to make changes instead he...
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so-called three percent treaty force in france to reduce its budget deficit down from four point five percent by hiking taxes and cutting spending. but while harsh criticism expected from the opposition disapprovals also been growing from like minded left wingers or complain but i think the president especially of a country like france one of six e.u. founders should be strong enough to say stop to others and say hey i have my nation behind me and they elected me to make changes instead he surrendered because he's more worried about the country's debt and the ratings agencies make. in a short video french communists put together some of our lawns major presidential campaign vows none of which they say came true. look what that's all going to be oh the value added tax increase. i think it's inappropriate and unjustified and unreasonable and too hasty. what happened to well that's to remind the president do you remember you promised to review the european treaty you didn't do that here in germany set a three percent deficit isn't real but now only say it's possible etc etc you can't not
so-called three percent treaty force in france to reduce its budget deficit down from four point five percent by hiking taxes and cutting spending. but while harsh criticism expected from the opposition disapprovals also been growing from like minded left wingers or complain but i think the president especially of a country like france one of six e.u. founders should be strong enough to say stop to others and say hey i have my nation behind me and they elected me to make changes instead he...
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so you're seeing a decline in the amount of deficit. the question is are the republicans really crying wolf when they continue to talk about blowing deficits when, in fact the measures that the president and congress have taken so far have actually caused the deficit to decrease. >> well, exactly. especially the last plan where we did have a balanced approach for once. but what speaker boehner has said is that the president got his revenue, and so there is not going to be a balanced approach any more. you know, when paul ryan put his budget forward last year it wouldn't have reached balance for 20 or 30 years. so as you're talking about a balanced budget in ten years the only way from their perspective to do that is absolute draconian cuts. when they're talking about reforms, you and i are very well aware that is just code word for taking medicare and turning it into a voucher. taking medicaid and turning it into a block grant which is another way of saying a significant cut to these programs that i believe are part of what makes us a g
so you're seeing a decline in the amount of deficit. the question is are the republicans really crying wolf when they continue to talk about blowing deficits when, in fact the measures that the president and congress have taken so far have actually caused the deficit to decrease. >> well, exactly. especially the last plan where we did have a balanced approach for once. but what speaker boehner has said is that the president got his revenue, and so there is not going to be a balanced...
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but increasing taxes a bit, not coming to the big deficit deal. the private sector and even the markets don't seem all that concerned. the last week should cause a lot of people in washington to re-think what they're doing. i am not optimistic that will happen. joining me now, former economic adviser to vice president joe biden, jared bernstein, a man who is always re-thinking what he is doing, how are you? >> i'm fine, ezra. >> and what else did you see in the reports? you got a good eye, what caught yours? >> one thing i saw was the revisions to last year's employment growth was such that i thought we were adding 150,000 jobs a month in 2012. i thought it was okay. turns out we're adding 180,000 jobs per month last year. so we did a bit better. over 2 million jobs on the year. now on the gdp side, most economists, don't think it will stick. i think it it volatility, i think there were unusual things that happened. in the quarter to quarter changes, it is better to look year over year. >> and do you mean what happens in a month or two we'll get t
but increasing taxes a bit, not coming to the big deficit deal. the private sector and even the markets don't seem all that concerned. the last week should cause a lot of people in washington to re-think what they're doing. i am not optimistic that will happen. joining me now, former economic adviser to vice president joe biden, jared bernstein, a man who is always re-thinking what he is doing, how are you? >> i'm fine, ezra. >> and what else did you see in the reports? you got a...
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i think we got to see a plan that will fix our long-term deficit problem. we do that, i think we could have really great growth. >> senator, if the dow sets a new record, it was in october of 2007, that it was last at levels of this kind, what does that tell you? >> not much. i have messed around, true layman, in the great fields of finance. but i can tell you one thing, if you just want to be thrilled by quarter to quarter stuff, that isn't going to do anything for this country. you ought to start thinking decade by decade. because the math is impossible to miss. so the dow, i always loved it that there would be a rise in the dow and they say what caused that? because the super bowl or president's election happened on -- that's like reading pigeon droppings on the edge of the dirksen building. this is irrational exuberance still. >> we will stop rating pigeon droppings. >> okay. >> and let's go to your deficit reduction. we have seen in slow motion, almost 2 ppt 5 trillion through discretionary cuts and through the fiscal cliff deal. how much more revenue
i think we got to see a plan that will fix our long-term deficit problem. we do that, i think we could have really great growth. >> senator, if the dow sets a new record, it was in october of 2007, that it was last at levels of this kind, what does that tell you? >> not much. i have messed around, true layman, in the great fields of finance. but i can tell you one thing, if you just want to be thrilled by quarter to quarter stuff, that isn't going to do anything for this country....
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after spending months focused on federal spending and deficit reduction, to day house majority leader eric cantor plans to urge his republican party to take its message in a new direction. in what's being described as a major policy speech one week before the president's state of the union address, kantor wcant to rollout a new agenda that puts emphasis on how the government can help american families in their daily lives. expected to touch on new and existing republican education initiatives, the need to simplify the tax code sh ways to curb rising health care costs and the hot issue of immigration reform. in a prespeech excerpt, he is quote the as saying, "government policy should aim to strike a balance between what is needed to aadvance the next generation, what we can afford, what is a federal responsibility, and what is necessary to ensure our children are safe, healthy, and able to reach their dreams." >>> this is going to be closely watched because it represents a rebranding of the party and the conservative philosophy away from what has been touched on over republicanism and
after spending months focused on federal spending and deficit reduction, to day house majority leader eric cantor plans to urge his republican party to take its message in a new direction. in what's being described as a major policy speech one week before the president's state of the union address, kantor wcant to rollout a new agenda that puts emphasis on how the government can help american families in their daily lives. expected to touch on new and existing republican education initiatives,...
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blue bars are president obama's deficits. those really big bars are when the whole world economy crashed, including ours. remember that? you notice how the deficit gets smaller when the bars are blue over time? see how they're getting shorter as you go to the right? today the congressional budget office released their deficit projection for 2013. so for this upcoming year, the nonpartisan cbo. according to them under president obama the deficit is slated to continue to shrink, as it has been under president obama. but the supposedly gigantic growth of those deficits is why congressional republicans are committed to us lurching from self-imposed crisis to self-imposed crisis instead of us working this stuff out like adults. the accusation that president obama has grown the deficit giantly since he has been in office is a very politically potent accusation. and when republicans say it, the beltway media tends to write it down as if it was true. it is not true. it has not been true for a very long time, and there is really no ex
blue bars are president obama's deficits. those really big bars are when the whole world economy crashed, including ours. remember that? you notice how the deficit gets smaller when the bars are blue over time? see how they're getting shorter as you go to the right? today the congressional budget office released their deficit projection for 2013. so for this upcoming year, the nonpartisan cbo. according to them under president obama the deficit is slated to continue to shrink, as it has been...
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we all want to fix the deficit problem. there's no question. but i think when they have a chance to look at this bill and understand what we're really facing, i don't think we're going to have a problem there. >> sir, how is this different from the proposal of a year ago? >> did we have the pay freeze? [laughter] >> it's different. obviously we had two different versions. the house as i understood it had the attrition of the work force that's in this component. in the senate last time we had a combination of -- instead of for every three positions that came open, only filling one. we had two and a combination of overall pay freeze across the federal government, for over a year. this is different. it combines both so we're on the same page. and we have the house proposal on the attrition and we've also added congressional pay freeze on it instead of the entire civilian work force. >> what makes you think that this time around, that speaker boehner's going to take up this proposal? >> i >> i would defer to others here and the chairman but there's
we all want to fix the deficit problem. there's no question. but i think when they have a chance to look at this bill and understand what we're really facing, i don't think we're going to have a problem there. >> sir, how is this different from the proposal of a year ago? >> did we have the pay freeze? [laughter] >> it's different. obviously we had two different versions. the house as i understood it had the attrition of the work force that's in this component. in the senate...
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they discuss president obama's executive order and gun control, the deft it is -- deficit and the upcoming cases in the supreme court. >> i'm going to short everyone's bio in order to get to them. our first speaker is david boaz. he has played a key role in the libertarian movement. he's a commenter in things such as education, and the rise of libertarian. an author -- he's an author and co-editor for policy makers. following that is ilya shapiro. he have provided testimony to he have provided testimony to legislaters.
they discuss president obama's executive order and gun control, the deft it is -- deficit and the upcoming cases in the supreme court. >> i'm going to short everyone's bio in order to get to them. our first speaker is david boaz. he has played a key role in the libertarian movement. he's a commenter in things such as education, and the rise of libertarian. an author -- he's an author and co-editor for policy makers. following that is ilya shapiro. he have provided testimony to he have...
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change in deficits on the alternative fiscal scenario. it's on the right income on page 33 just above the memorandum lines. and you can see on the far right side that that set of policies would add $2.088 trillion of deficits over the decade, it would be about $450 billion of debt service, so the deficit as hell would be about two and a half trillion dollars more. -- then we shall in the basement of the alternative scenario includes all of the pieces essentially of our previous alternative scenario that have not now been enacted in law or allowed to expire. so it includes the effect of this tax provisions are still scheduled to expire. it includes the effect of the sequestered, and it includes the effects of medicare payments to physicians. >> [inaudible] >> so i don't think there's a simple answer to the question about why more revenue will be collected. our income tax system left to its own devices will generally show over time and larger share of income being collected, impacts, because it would sometimes known as real bracket increase
change in deficits on the alternative fiscal scenario. it's on the right income on page 33 just above the memorandum lines. and you can see on the far right side that that set of policies would add $2.088 trillion of deficits over the decade, it would be about $450 billion of debt service, so the deficit as hell would be about two and a half trillion dollars more. -- then we shall in the basement of the alternative scenario includes all of the pieces essentially of our previous alternative...
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merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit. that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. . jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this year and in order and one of the reasons he can say that is his party is absolutely killing angle merkel's coalition when it comes to domestic issues if you speak to the german people one thing they will all tell you the vast majority will tell you is that they do support angola merkel's view when it comes to dealing with the euro crisis what we're now seeing is peacetime saying i'm going to challenge angela merkel on her own turf and put forward my own theory about how to deal with greece. and france to meet with francois hollande and they'll be taking in the france germany game and we will be seeing is thos
merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit. that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. . jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this year...
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. -- pass a budget deal which they regard as a deficit deal. there may yet be hurdles to overcome. am i he is one of the arctic -- >> he is one of the architects of the us drone program. what could be leadership asked the leadership of john brennan mean for us policy -- what could the leadership of john brennan mean for us policy? >> hello. welcome back. for much of europe, it remains very cold and unsettled. lots of frontal systems, active frontal systems. a lot of snow whooshing up across -- pushing up across poland. still some significant snowfall. we are likely to see further snow the next few days. most of the heaviest snow will be across the ukraine and extending up towards western parts of russia. you see some snow over the dolomites. there is some patchy snow further to the west. many of these frontal systems are looking relatively weak at the moment. towards iberia, temperatures in double figures in madrid. north africa, still this is affecting algeria, some heavy downpours expected. temperatures probably no higher than 9 degrees, way below average. that extends towards tu
. -- pass a budget deal which they regard as a deficit deal. there may yet be hurdles to overcome. am i he is one of the arctic -- >> he is one of the architects of the us drone program. what could be leadership asked the leadership of john brennan mean for us policy -- what could the leadership of john brennan mean for us policy? >> hello. welcome back. for much of europe, it remains very cold and unsettled. lots of frontal systems, active frontal systems. a lot of snow whooshing...
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merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit. that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. to jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this year and in order and one of the reasons he can say that is his party is absolutely killing angle merkel's coalition when it comes to domestic issues if you speak to the german people one thing they will all tell you the vast majority will tell you is that they do support angola merkel's view when it comes to dealing with the euro crisis what we're now seeing is peacetime saying i'm going to challenge angela merkel on her own turf and put forward my own theory about how to deal with greece angela merkel will be in france to meet with francois hollande and they'll be taking in the france germany game what we
merkel's message all the way which is that it's all by austerity and by a sturdy alone and cutting that deficit. that greece can get itself financially back on its feet now what is interesting is that in the german elections we're seeing the key battleground becoming greece. now one of the reasons that we've seen the s.t.p. to jump on this is because essentially they smell blood he said himself after the most recent local elections which took place last month that's change was possible this...
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guest: we usually do not talk about trust deficits. talk about trade, budget deficits, things we can measure. i'm talking about a breakdown of trust in american society, in particular in the institutions that make our economy go. when you look at measures of trust from surveys like a gallup or the pugh institute -- the pew institute, or even newspapers, congress, large corporations, banks, public schools, they have all been going down for many years. for a lot of them, this decline in trust was intensified leading up to and going into the financial crisis. there are a lot of reasons for these things we can talk about. what we were trying to get at in the story that -- is that this matters to the economy, and trust breaks down. there was nobel prize-winning economist who 40 years ago said that every commercial transaction has within it an element of trust. when you trust your counter party, you're more likely to engage in a transaction. when trust begins to fray, and people become suspicious of each other and each other's intentions, it
guest: we usually do not talk about trust deficits. talk about trade, budget deficits, things we can measure. i'm talking about a breakdown of trust in american society, in particular in the institutions that make our economy go. when you look at measures of trust from surveys like a gallup or the pugh institute -- the pew institute, or even newspapers, congress, large corporations, banks, public schools, they have all been going down for many years. for a lot of them, this decline in trust was...
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to address government spending so they deficit spend. both sides which is why this country does not trust washington. >> i want to get quickly to another issue, chuck hagel's confirmation hearing this week. not even the white house would defend his performance. here's a piece of it. >> i support the president's strong position on containment, as i said. if i said that, meant to say that i -- obviously his position on containment, we don't have a position on containment. >> we do have a position on containment, which is that we do not favor containment. >> he was kind of a surprise there from chuck hagel, probably not going to hurt his chances of confirmation, is even getting some republicans -- >> i think he's going to make it but if you have to clarify your clarification, you're in trouble, no. i mean if we compare, for instance, what he went through with what hillary clinton did with the benghazi hearings, he had two different perspectives. hillary clinton was strong and solid and getting ready for 2016. at the same time, chuck hagel,
to address government spending so they deficit spend. both sides which is why this country does not trust washington. >> i want to get quickly to another issue, chuck hagel's confirmation hearing this week. not even the white house would defend his performance. here's a piece of it. >> i support the president's strong position on containment, as i said. if i said that, meant to say that i -- obviously his position on containment, we don't have a position on containment. >> we...
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one thing that happens is the deficit. we are talking the out year's 2030, 2035 and 2045. what do we know about the economy in 2040? we can't predict one year. maybe innovation is incredible. maybe we have four years of japanese growth. things are going to change a lot. i want to thank our guests. connie, joe from business insider. ed connor, thank you all. that was great. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us. we'll be back next weekend. our guests will include gror ya and marlo. the state feminism today. coming up next is melissa harris perry. former congresswoman gabby giffords and her gun control issues. that's up next on mhp. have a fun super bowl. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would
one thing that happens is the deficit. we are talking the out year's 2030, 2035 and 2045. what do we know about the economy in 2040? we can't predict one year. maybe innovation is incredible. maybe we have four years of japanese growth. things are going to change a lot. i want to thank our guests. connie, joe from business insider. ed connor, thank you all. that was great. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us. we'll be back next weekend. our guests will include gror ya and...
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if we combine those things together, then we cannot only reduce our deficit, but we can continue to invest in things like education and research and things that will help us grow. >> meantime, the president leaves washington tomorrow for minnesota to make his case for new gun restrictions. it's part of an attempt to pressure congress to take action in the wake of the horrific shootings in newtown, connecticut. the president has called for new safety programs and universal background checks. he also wants congress to renew the assault weapons ban. >> let's talk more now about the president's push for new gun restrictions with our contributors lz anderson and anna, in washington, a republican strategist. so guys, as the president gets ready to take his message on the road, the white house released a photo that shows him skeet shooting at camp david. there he is in his golf shirt, firing away. so anna, the president says skeet shooting is something he does all the time at camp david, but until a week ago he had never even mentioned it before. what is going on here? >> look, i think -- i think
if we combine those things together, then we cannot only reduce our deficit, but we can continue to invest in things like education and research and things that will help us grow. >> meantime, the president leaves washington tomorrow for minnesota to make his case for new gun restrictions. it's part of an attempt to pressure congress to take action in the wake of the horrific shootings in newtown, connecticut. the president has called for new safety programs and universal background...